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"rick++" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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It really depends on what works for you.
Some people are motivated by company.
Some like solitude.

....and some have solitude thrust upon them (TBR)

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"rick++" <[email hidden]> wrote in message

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I am not sure if you all are having the serious mountain lion problems up
there as we are down in So Cal. They have been getting really bad over
the
past few years and we had several attacks down here this past year,
including one death and one serious mauling.

You have to put it in perspective.
More runners die from drinking too much water or get struck
from lightning during versus lions killing three in the
past 15 years. And I'd guess car accidents would far
outrank any of these causes.
And *not exercising* is esimated to double the death
rates from cardivascular disease and cancer.

This logic would be true if lions roamed in all the same places that
cars drive, lightning strikes, or cardiovasacular disease/cancer is
present.

To put it another way, it's like telling mountain climbers to not be
afraid of falling to their deaths, because statistically mountain
climbing-related fatalies are very rare compared to death by
cancer.

cheers,
--
David Hirsh, director
www.absolutelyaccurate.com
Southern Ontario's Summer Race Series!

SwStudio said:

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Geez, David, did the fresh scent of Roger lure you back or what?

Aside from Training Week and announcements for your race series, you've
been mightily scarce.

I've wanted to ask you a question. AFAIK you stopped smoking, started
running, and became reasonably fast reasonably quickly. Do you have
any insight, from either your own experience or second hand, into how
running performance might improve over time after quitting smoking?
Apart from normal training affect?

Last few years I've been either officially "quit" but really sneaking a
couple or more cigarettes per week or per day, or officially relapsed
and between a half and a full pack a day. But now I'm three months
past my last smoke and confident in keeping I it up. Been hoping for a
cleaner lungs dividend, if you will, in my running but don't feel like
it has made much difference yet. Any chance the ol' lungs & heart
start going gangbusters in the fourth or fifth smokefree month?